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Nov 09, 2018 It’s the first place you go to after starting up the Mac. But, this does not mean that the Dock is perfect. Despite Apple’s continuous upgrades, there are a few things that you can’t do such as removing native apps, stretching the Dock to the sides, etc. That’s why I have made the list of the best Mac Dock customization apps. The new stack will appear next to the trash can. You can then right-click (Control +click) to change the stack to be recent applications, documents, servers, or even favorite volumes or items. To remove the stack from the dock, right-click (Control +click) and select 'Remove from Dock'.
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Okay, I'm going to be totally vain here and take credit for that 'defaults' command. It's definitely my Ars post that mithras is referring to. So, uh, go me?
Oh come on! If a feature exists. it's just a matter of discovering it, and there are only so many ways to execute a given command.
Your comment was posted Nov 4 (which 'mithras' credited you with when posting Nov 5).
Considering this hint was submitted on Nov 1, I would say 'manum' is ahead of you.
You know that Conan bit where the guy gets the stamp on his face?
Your comment was posted Nov 4 (which 'mithras' credited you with when posting Nov 5).
Considering this hint was submitted on Nov 1, I would say 'manum' is ahead of you.
You know that Conan bit where the guy gets the stamp on his face?
Hey, I'm just kidding around here. Clearly the real credit goes to manum, or whoever discovered the hack originally.
I just thought it was cool that my own slight contribution was kinda sorta used on the site. That's all. Sure, anyone who's familiar with 'defaults' could have done the same thing, but I did spend a little time figuring it out. And if mithras can get credit for passing it along, I should get a little something, right? ;)
I just thought it was cool that my own slight contribution was kinda sorta used on the site. That's all. Sure, anyone who's familiar with 'defaults' could have done the same thing, but I did spend a little time figuring it out. And if mithras can get credit for passing it along, I should get a little something, right? ;)
Credit granted :), and if this hint ends up winning the contest, well, I'm technically not sure what would happen .. we'd have to go to the judges on that one (saw an iMac in thirds?). I'm sure we'd figure something out!
regards,
-rob.
regards,
-rob.
This is the best hint I've seen so far for Leopard! Is there any way to make two of these stacks, one for Apps and one for Documents?
I really like the fact that you can make a stack without having a folder of aliases sitting around. This is almost like the ability to make smart folder stacks which doesn't seem to work by the drag and drop method.
I really like the fact that you can make a stack without having a folder of aliases sitting around. This is almost like the ability to make smart folder stacks which doesn't seem to work by the drag and drop method.
You can make as many as you want. Just run the 'defaults' command multiple times. Each time it's run, it adds a new icon to the dock. Then 'killall Dock' to get the new ones to appear.
Okay, so how do we REMOVE it if we decide we don't like it?
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Same way you remove anything else from the Dock, drag it out or pick 'Remove from Dock' from the contextual menu.
Dragging it out didn't work for me, but 'Remove From Dock' works.
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How to install mobile apps on mac. Wonderful Hint! Does anyone know how to sort this, more specifically I want to sort so my most recently used App is the first icon.
Just a note, because I didn't get it at first. The default view is 'recent applications,' to change it to documents, servers, favourite items or volumes, right-click on the dock-icon and tick the option.
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Oh, duh. I had an uncaffeinated moment. I guess I thought the Terminal command made it persistent. Of course, dragging it was too obvious for me today. :) Thanks!
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No worries mate, we ALL have those days.
Mentioned in Mithras' link comment, the number of recent items shown in the stack is reflected by your System Preferences/Appearance setting, which governs Apple Menu's Recent Items. That is, changing this preference will change both your Apple Menu and Dock stack recent items.
Great tip -- anyone know where it is getting the items for the 'favorite items' list? It's not the Favorites folder in ~/Library..
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It's taking them from the 'Places' list in your Finder sidebar, which used to be favorites in Tiger.
Try here:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.recentitems.plist
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.recentitems.plist
Fantastic tip ! Is there any way to add one of those nifty 3D folder icons to lie persistently on top of the 'stack' (realizing that it isn't a normal 'folder').
I'd like to know if this is possible too, otherwise we're still lumbered with the confusing ever changing stacks icons..
Does anybody know if there is a way to not include certain items like printers or the 'installer' app. Basically things I would never need to access form the dock. That way I would have room for a few more useful applications. As it is, it's pretty useful though.
I used a similar command: defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add '{ 'fan-data' = { 'list-type' = 1; }; 'fan-type' = 'recents-tile'; }'
defaults delete com.apple.dock persistent-others
Ack! My dock (and cmd-tab) vanished after trying out the tip. and the solution posted (defaults delete com.apple.dock persistent-others) doesn't work! What to do?
A restart brought the dock back. But not with the recent items stack. I'm going to try again..
The same happened to me but a restart didnt bring it back.
I tried to use some newer code from lower down the thread but when I do 'killall dock' it says 'No matching processes belonging to you were found'
No I have no dock or dashboard or expose or alt+tab or active corners..
Please help
I tried to use some newer code from lower down the thread but when I do 'killall dock' it says 'No matching processes belonging to you were found'
No I have no dock or dashboard or expose or alt+tab or active corners..
Please help
So I replaced 'tile' by 'fan'. After 'killall Dock', my Dock was gone, even after a clean reboot. Any idea? Any help is greatly appreciated.My suggestion would be to either reset the dock by erasing ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Dock.plist or pick an older version of it using Time Machine, then doing a
killall Dock
in Terminal. Great hint, but I noticed a funny thing: using a localization of Mac OS X other than English, the context menu gets properly localized, while the stack title doesn't. I wonder why..
On a side note, I created two of these special stacks (I had tried just to see if it was possible), so I don't have to switch back and forth between recent apps and recent documents. Seems to work well.
On a side note, I created two of these special stacks (I had tried just to see if it was possible), so I don't have to switch back and forth between recent apps and recent documents. Seems to work well.
How To Create Stacks In Mac Dock
Ok nobody answered the question whether we can put two different ones on our dock?
Another question: The list of recent documents leaves deleted items in that list? That shouldn't happen right?
Another question: The list of recent documents leaves deleted items in that list? That shouldn't happen right?
It works. I have right now both Recent Applications and Recent Documents in my dock.
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After using this for a while I now have two fDesktop folders in my Favorite Items list. I have deleted and re-created the favorites stack, but this persists. Is there any way to correct this?
Hello,
This happened to me as well. I tried all the voodoo I knew to reset it including flushing out the caches, deleting preference files, etc., but to no avail. And then..
I realized that the multiple Desktop entries occurred under Places in the sidebar of Open File dialogs as well.
To reset everything: I just dragged all those Places items out (from a Safari Open File dialog); dragged out same items from the sidebar of an open Finder Window; then added them again via the Finder's sidebar preferences sheet (clicking on the checkboxes for Home, Desktop, Applications, and Documents).
- WDF
This happened to me as well. I tried all the voodoo I knew to reset it including flushing out the caches, deleting preference files, etc., but to no avail. And then..
I realized that the multiple Desktop entries occurred under Places in the sidebar of Open File dialogs as well.
To reset everything: I just dragged all those Places items out (from a Safari Open File dialog); dragged out same items from the sidebar of an open Finder Window; then added them again via the Finder's sidebar preferences sheet (clicking on the checkboxes for Home, Desktop, Applications, and Documents).
- WDF
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To move Recent Applications Stack to the left part of the dock, replace
and after that
persistent-others
with persistent-apps
, like this: defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '{ 'tile-data' = { 'list-type' = 1; }; 'tile-type' = 'recents-tile'; }'
and after that
killall Dock
-jyrki
really great hint. This is the closest thing to the way Stacks was supposed to work.
If I choose 'Recent Servers', I get a blank Dock icon, and all the volumes inside also have blank icons. Anyone else see this?
Yes. I have the same behavior.
I get a blank dock icon no matter which of the 'recent' items I choose. The two 'favorites' items work..
10.5.6
10.5.6
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I just figured it out. I had 'recent items' all turned off in System Preferences. Turn them back on and the blank tiles start becoming populated. (Silly me.)
'Favorties' is not accurate- the Favorite Volumes actually whatever is currently under Devices in the sidebar, NOT the same as Favorite Servers. This confused me for a while, as I was adding unmounted volumes to the Favorite Servers list and not seeing them in the Dock folder. Only mounted volumes will show in this folder.
The same applies to Favorite Items. This is actually Sidebar Places. I assume this reflects pre-release Sidebar terminology.
This is a bummer, since I'm still looking for a way to have unmounted volumes in the Dock mount and open in a stack. Aliases don't work. I'm still not sure why Apple made this stuff so inconvenient.
The same applies to Favorite Items. This is actually Sidebar Places. I assume this reflects pre-release Sidebar terminology.
This is a bummer, since I'm still looking for a way to have unmounted volumes in the Dock mount and open in a stack. Aliases don't work. I'm still not sure why Apple made this stuff so inconvenient.
if only there was a way to add the clever dock stack icons provided by optica-optica
http://optica-optima.blogspot.com/2007/11/drawers-icon-1.html
that would rock even harder
http://optica-optima.blogspot.com/2007/11/drawers-icon-1.html
that would rock even harder
Is there anyway to add a Drawers icon to these so they make a little more sense in the Dock?
Not sure if it's just me, but using this hint for a 'recent documents' stack shows only the generic icon, not Leopard's document preview icons.. any way to fix?
I made this handy (and simple) AppleScript to make adding Recent Items stacks to the dock easier. It displays a dialog that asks if you want a Recent Items stack, which you can accept or reject, then executes the proper terminal command and kills the dock. It even gives you the option of which side you'd like it on. Enjoy. Edited on Feb 03, '10 09:13:56PM by robg
You have too many quotes – you put a string inside a string which really doesn't work.
New to all of this scripting. when compling this code I'll get an error msg.
set appSideScript to 'defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '{ 'tile-data' = { 'list-type' = 1; }; 'tile-type' = 'recents-tile'; }' ';killall Dock'
On this line I'll get the msg 'Syntax Error Expected end of line, etc. but found identifier' Using the apple scripting tool, the word 'tile' here is highlighted. { 'tile-data' = { 'list-type' ......
where did i go wrong?
Thanks
dj
Here's a neater version that works: set appSideScript to 'defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '{ 'tile-data' = { 'list-type' = 1; }; 'tile-type' = 'recents-tile'; }' ';killall Dock'
On this line I'll get the msg 'Syntax Error Expected end of line, etc. but found identifier' Using the apple scripting tool, the word 'tile' here is highlighted. { 'tile-data' = { 'list-type' ......
where did i go wrong?
Thanks
dj
Edited on Feb 03, '10 09:13:35PM by robg
Very sorry. The site removes the appropriate backslashes when I copy and paste the text. Let's try again. Edited on Feb 03, '10 09:14:38PM by robg
Sorry about that. I've reposted the script and doubled the forward slashes which were being removed by the site. It should work now.
Hi,
This is all nice and good. However, far from being satisfactory.
Recent items includes many items I do not care about. I would rather have recent items from my Documents folder or any other folder. That's what smart folders are for.
However, there is no way to add a smart folder (or any other folder) to Stacks. It will create a folder, but will not open up like it should be doing. Is there any way I miss to do that?
This is all nice and good. However, far from being satisfactory.
Recent items includes many items I do not care about. I would rather have recent items from my Documents folder or any other folder. That's what smart folders are for.
However, there is no way to add a smart folder (or any other folder) to Stacks. It will create a folder, but will not open up like it should be doing. Is there any way I miss to do that?
I think today's 10.5.2 update may have killed this hint. Can anyone confirm?
I had the recent things stack in 10.5.1, removed it a couple of weeks ago, updated to 10.5.2 today, and now I can't seem to get the stack to reappear with the defaults command in the article.
I had the recent things stack in 10.5.1, removed it a couple of weeks ago, updated to 10.5.2 today, and now I can't seem to get the stack to reappear with the defaults command in the article.
Works for me in 10.5.2. Try deleting all your persistent-others as per the hints above. That will delete all your stacks and docked folders though.
Is there a way to only include applications which are not already in the dock?
Make a folder containing aliases of the applications you want and drag it to the dock. It will become a stack.
How about a way to have a 'most commonly used applications' stack?
Has anyone found a way to make the stack show up as a fan instead of the default grid? I really like this tip, but I would like to use the fan option instead.
I believe it will be impossible to make this a fan. The key for the fan property is the 'showas' key and you can assign a value to it (usually 1 is fan, 2 grid, 3 list and 4 is automatic), but that value has no effect on the display style for the recents stack.
You can experiment with this on your own, but the dock automatically overwrites your changes eliminating the entire showas key for the stack you are looking at after being killed and closing the text document editor that I was using.
You can view the text of the dock plist by opening yourusername/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist You can use either the preference editor or your favorite notepad program. If you are using the text editor I would search for the name of a stack near the recents stack and it will help you find it.
Good luck
You can experiment with this on your own, but the dock automatically overwrites your changes eliminating the entire showas key for the stack you are looking at after being killed and closing the text document editor that I was using.
You can view the text of the dock plist by opening yourusername/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist You can use either the preference editor or your favorite notepad program. If you are using the text editor I would search for the name of a stack near the recents stack and it will help you find it.
Good luck
Hi, anyway to have something similar but with running things????
thanks
thanks
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Would you like to add frequently used applications or documents to your Dock? Would you like to remove rarely used items from the Dock? If so, below are instructions on how to do this. The Dock is the row of icons that’s typically located across the bottom of the screen, though it can be moved. Apple populates the Dock with items that they think, or want, you to use, but you can customize it to suit your own needs. You can add applications, documents or folders to the dock.
Dock Basics
- The Dock is divided into two, disproportionately sized sections. Look for the dividing line which appears a little bit to the left of the Trash. The left-hand section can contain Application icons. The right-hand section can contain icons for files, folders or web sites.
- When you’ve opened an application on your Mac you’ll see its Dock icon displays a small black dot below it. (Older versions of the Mac operating system displayed either white horizontal bar or a bluefish white circle, both of which are hard to see, if you ask me.)
- Apple populates the Dock with some of its applications. You can rearrange or remove these icons using the instructions below.
- When you open an Application whose icon is not already on the Dock, this application’s icon will temporarily appear on the Dock. When the application is quit its icon will vanish from the Dock.
- The Finder icon, which appears at the far-left end, and the Trash icon, which appears at the the far right-end, can not be moved around or removed. They are locked in place.
- Clicking and holding an icon on the Dock produces a menu of choices. For example, if you click and hold on the Trash icon its menu lets you choose to either open the trash or empty it (if you have files in the trash).
Rearrange Items On The Dock
- To rearrange icons on the Dock, click and drag an icon to either the left or right.
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Remove Items From The Dock
- Click and hold on a dock icon to display its menu.
- Select Options
- Select Remove From Dock (If you want to remove a Folder icon, hold down the Control key and then click and hold its icon to see it’s menu.)
Add Applications To The Dock
- There are a few ways to add Applications to the Dock but this one is the one I use most often.
- Click on the Finder icon on the Dock to open a Finder window
- Click on the Go menu, at the top of the screen, select Applications.
- Locate the application that you want to add to the Dock.
- Click and drag this application’s icon to the left-hand section of the Dock. (Make sure you don’t drag this icon on top of another dock icon. Instead, make sure that you see the dock icons scoot to the side to make room for this new icon.)
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Add Files or Folders To The Dock
- Click on the Finder icon on the Dock to open a Finder window
- Navigate to the file or folder that you want to add
- Click and drag this application’s icon to the right-hand section of the Dock (Make sure you don’t drag this icon on top of another dock icon. Instead, make sure that you see the dock icons scoot to the side to make room for this new icon.)
Change The Dock’s Location
- Click on the Apple menu and select System Preferences
- Click on the Dock icon
- Locate the Position on screen section and select, Left, Bottom or Right.
You might also be interested in Apple’s Dock overview article.